Asalam,
I have read through the previous threads regarding this issue. But I could not draw a conclusion regarding the question pertaining to sadaat or the shari'I criteria's to qualify as a syed.
My question is that why can't people whose mothers are from sadaat and are najeb ur turfayn but the fathers are from ghair sadaat be qualified to be Syeds.
Didnt the sadaat start because of Bibi Zahra .s.a?
Aren't the bibi's of ahlulbayt mahram to such children as they are their maternal aunts, grandmother's etc.
When you contact the marjae, for instance Agha Khamenie says